> > Please, explain why you can't use > > mf-nowin -progname=mf > > I could, but after installing tetex, and running texconfig init, > when invoking mf-nowin there is no mf-nowin.base, and > > mktexfmt mf-nowin.base > > fails.
mf-nowin.base is not necessary and mktexfmt mf-nowin.base will be never called if you always invoke mf-nowin like mf-nowin --progname=mf ... ... Best regards, Akira